Empowering Vets to seek out #servicedogs, an evidence-based, therapeutic option for #PTSD helping them to revitalize family relations and prevent suicide.
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Dear friends, we’re signing off from X. Thank you to everyone who followed and supported us here! 🌟 Our journey continues—join us on Bluesky for updates and more: bsky.app We hope to see you there! #ByMySideDocumentary
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For NAT'L VETERANS & MILITARY FAMILIES month, NOV, we're joining Hartnell College Vet Serv Ctr to screen BY MY SIDE w a message of hope. Cast mbrs Vets Emilio Gallegos & Ramon Reyes & their service dogs & Dir Vicki Topaz will join the Q&A. OPEN to the public, free. Dets below.
Thx to Mary Cortani, founder/director of @Opfreedomaws & BY MY SIDE advisor/cast member. She has helped broaden the reach of the film's messages of hope & the power of service dogs, holding screenings at SF Bay area corps, eg, LinkedIn & Lockheed Martin. Thx for all Mary.
Filled with gratitude...
@bymysidedoc A fab experience at Lake Tahoe Doc Film Fest. BMS was a big hit 🙌 So cool to have our editor Dana Laman & cast members Emilio & Samson there ❤️ Hats off to Founder Michelle Ficara for a flawless festival 👏 W/thanks to cast & crew. Photo by Ian Ashenbremer 🙏
So excited to screen AND attend the Montana Int'l Film Festival in Billings 🥳 AND we'll be meeting up w an awesome service dog org @Dogtagbuddies who will attend ❤️. BY MY SIDE screens FRI, SEPT 20, 7:30 PM. If you are in the area, pls join us,spread the word. Thank you🙏
Awesome to be in Vermont for the @MiddFilmFest. Feeling grateful -- BY MY SIDE was awarded the Kate Hearst Prize for Human Connectivity & screened to a full house. The audience was so enthusiastic & eager to learn more. Thanks always to our cast and crew 🙏 #Veterans #servicedogs
Vermont friends! BY MY SIDE is coming your way! Thrilled to screen @MiddFilmFest w some super news--BY MY SIDE has rec'd the KATE HEARST PRIZE for HUMAN CONNECTIVITY. Congrats & TY to our cast & crew 👏Join us on SAT, AUG 24, 11:30 AM, Marquis Movie Theatre. We'll be there 🥳
We are swooning over the news that BY MY SIDE has screened at 30+ film festivals across the country, winning 11 awards. With the rollout of our Impact Campaign we aim to reach many Veterans across the country! Thank you for your support!
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Big thanks to so many folks and Sara Kohlbeck, PhD, MPH for these words..."By My Side was a touching portrayal of the strong, meaningful relationships between former service members and their service dogs. Screening the film was the highlight of our Wisconsin Warrior Summit ... "
Honored to screen BY MY SIDE at the Warrior Summit/Suicide Prevention Conference. Keynote speakers & breakout sessions delved into solutions for suicide prevention.The film/panel discussion visibly touched the Vet filled audience. TY @MedicalCollege
@MCWSuicidePrev @bymysidedoc
On this Memorial Day, remembering and acknowledging those who've made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation. And In Memory of Those War Dogs Who Were Truly Man's Best Friend.
We are so grateful to screen BMS w the Charlotte community to honor Mental Health Awareness Month, w an in-depth panel, a fully engaged audience, great jazz ensemble & resource marketplace. TY Rodney Stringfellow & the IPH team & TY Emilio & Samson. Deets: bit.ly/3yC89EI
ALT Rodney Stringfellow, IPH board member, with Emilio, Samson and me at the @IPH_clt to screen ByMySide in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month
Tour #1 🙂 Lower East Side Film Festival, NYC, couldn't have been better 🙌 An engaged audience seeing in real time the challenges faced by Vet families & the power of service dogs to save & heal. TY Roxy, & team for seamless event & super QA & Meg, Emilio & Samson for attending.
BY MY SIDE to screen at @IPH_clt "Community Impact Film Series: Mental Health." So happy Emilio & Samson will also be in attendance. Many thanks to the team at IPH 🙌 Pls join in: SAT, May 11, 11am-3:00pm, 4237 Raleigh, Charlotte, NC. For more details:
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Exciting NYC news! ByMySide is screening at the Lower East Side Film Festival. We'll be there 🙌 Congrats to our awesome cast & crew 👏 NY friends, hope to see you there: Sat, MAY 4, 2:30pm, DCTV's Firehouse, 87 Lafayette St. TICKETS: bit.ly/3UfgUMg
Boston friends, BY MY SIDE is screening @IFFBoston & we are thrilled. A story of hope & possibility for three Vet families w PTSD & the service dogs that offer them a lifeline. See it happen in real time. There are 2 screenings, click the link for deets: bit.ly/3JAXlsZ
Excited to screen @JulienFilmFest, Dubuque, Iowa, our premiere in the Hawkeye state. Grateful for folks to see the power of service dogs & the lifeline they offer to our Vets 🐾 Pls share 🙏 Screening SUN, Apr 28, 10am, Journey Theater, in Dubuque. Congrats to our cast & crew 👏
Thank you Kansas City FilmFest International ❤️
So grateful to have screened at @kcfilmfest & deeply honored to receive Best Documentary Short award. A great acknowledgement for the message of our film -- the power of service dogs that offer a lifeline to veterans and their families. Congrats to our awesome cast & crew 👏
BY MY SIDE is on the way to the @kcfilmfest. This is our first screening in MO home to more than 341,800 Vets. Hope some may attend & see how service dogs offer a lifeline for those w PTSD. SAT, April 13, 1:30 pm, Ward Parkway Theater 3. Visit kcfilmfest.org/ for tkts.
We're heading to San Juan Bautista this Sunday Aparil 14 to screen BMS 🙌 Join us. Details: bit.ly/3xDYqgA Pls share 🙏
Thrilled to screen ByMySide LOCALLY in San Juan Bautista @PoppyJasperIFF. Cast members Ramon & service dog Huey & Emilio & service dog Samson will be there. SAVE THE DATE: Sun, April 14, 11 am, The Barn at Mission Farm. TY cast and crew.
For details & tkts bit.ly/3xDYqgA
